A05135
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1838
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, BARRAR, SAINATO, CIRESI, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
GAYDOS, OWLETT, PICKETT, PYLE, SAPPEY, SNYDER, WARREN,
ZIMMERMAN, FARRY, POLINCHOCK AND WARNER, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OCTOBER 23, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical
services system, further providing for support of emergency
medical services; in general provisions, further providing
for EMS costs; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or
utilizing drugs, further providing for Accelerated
Rehabilitative Disposition.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8153(c) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 8153. Support of emergency medical services.
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(c) Purpose of fund.--Except as provided under subsection
(d), 75% of the money from the Emergency Medical Services
Operating Fund shall be disbursed by the department [for only]
in the following [uses] manner:
(1) To [eligible] EMS agencies [for applicable purposes
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